Experience

Highland Support Project

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development Consultant

  • Dec 2020 - Present

  Assisting through guidance in fund development initiatives in areas of women's empowerment; systemic health, climate and educational issues in Guatemala and the Americas.



National Audubon Society

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Director of Development

  • Dec 2019 - May 2020



University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Regional Development Officer (Southeast)

  • Sep 2016 - Jul 2018



VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Major Gifts Officer

  • Sep 2015 - Sep 2016



Virginia Commonwealth University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Regional Philanthropy

  • Jan 2013 - Sep 2015

• Regional Major Gift Officer

  • Oct 2011 - Jan 2013

• Assistant Director for Development, School of Mass Communications

  • Jul 2008 - Oct 2011

  Responsible for the development and implementation the School’s annual fundraising strategies and leadership giving programs through cultivation, investment and stewardship of alumni (5,000+), the School’s Professional Advisory Board, individual donors, corporate entities and philanthropic foundations. Increased annual giving by 305%, increased annual participation by 385% and the number of quality, annual moves for the School increased by 416%. While the position was primarily driven and measured by new revenues and alumni engagement rates, it is a senior administrative position within the School that also carries executive, fiscal and academic responsibilities.



William Byrd Community House

• Director of Development

  • Oct 2006 - Jun 2008

  Responsible for the planning, development and implementation of a comprehensive funding strategy for the 501(c) 3 social service agency – addressing operational and programmatic needs for the immediate fiscal year as well as planning for sustainability in the future. Working closely with the Board of Governors, Executive Director, staff and clientele and through an array of public, private, nonprofit and faith-based partnerships, fiscal 2007 revenues eclipsed $2 Million for the first time in the agency’s 85 year history.

• Project Manager

  • Nov 2005 - Oct 2006

  Developed and oversaw program and agency expansion projects, ranging in scope from nonprofit capacity building to establishing a teen center in Richmond’s Northside. Working directly with the Executive Director, the Project Manager establishes and frames all facets of expansion initiatives from strategic plan to outcomes assessment. The primary objective of the P.M. is to determine and establish a proper linkage and connectivity between the public, private and nonprofit sectors in all aspects of program development and expansion. The P.M. also oversees all fundraising and community development aspects of each expansion/pilot project.